Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov

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Vladimir Ustinov (2000)

Wladimir Wassiljewitsch Ustinow ( Russian Влади́мир Васи́льевич Усти́нов ; born February 25, 1953 in Nikolajewsk am Amur , Khabarovsk region ) is a Russian politician and former Justice Minister of Russia .

He studied at the Higher School of Justice in Kharkov , Ukraine . He then became an assistant to a public prosecutor, then a public prosecutor, most recently in the city of Sochi . He then became Deputy Russian General Prosecutor and in 1999 Russian General Prosecutor .

Ustinov was suspected of having unfounded an investigation into customs fraud against a Russian company. The General Prosecutor's Office is seen as a political instrument of the government , especially after the trial against the former chairman of the Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky .

On June 23, 2006, President Putin surprisingly ordered a change of office between Justice Minister Yuri Chaika and Ustinov. When the government changed on May 12, 2008, Ustinov resigned the post of Justice Minister to Alexander Konovalov and became the authorized representative of the Russian President in the Southern Federal District .

In connection with the Crimean crisis , Ustinov was added to the US sanctions list in April 2018 . The so-called "Kremlin Report" from Washington lists those Russian businessmen and high-ranking politicians who are close to Vladimir Putin .

Because of the incident off Crimea in 2018 , Ustinov landed on Canada's sanctions list in March 2019 .

See also

Web links

Commons : Vladimir Ustinov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ США вввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из «кремлевского списка». April 6, 2018, Retrieved June 7, 2019 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Канада ввела новые санкции против России. In: Ria Novosti. March 15, 2019, Retrieved June 7, 2019 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Ustinow, Vladimir Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Устинов, Владимир Васильевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian Minister of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Nikolayevsk-on-Amur , Khabarovsk region